Canelo vs. Crawford Update – Mexican Independence Day Weekend, 168 Pounds, No Rehydration Clause
According to the man in the know, Mike Coppinger of ESPN, a deal is inching ever closer to being made for a Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford showdown.
According to the man in the know, Mike Coppinger of ESPN, a deal is inching ever closer to being made for a Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford showdown.
Ryan Garcia says Canelo Alvarez will “be too big” for Terence Crawford if their fight gets finalized for September on the Mexican Independence Day Holiday weekend in Las Vegas.
Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford has the template to follow for him to defeat Canelo Alvarez in September, using the Mayweather blueprint created in 2013.
Though it seems plenty of fans continue to shoot down a Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford fight as a mismatch in favor of the reigning 168-pound king from Mexico, there are some experts who feel “Bud” is special enough to be able to pull off a win over Canelo.
Promoter Tom Loeffler favors Canelo Alvarez defeating Terence Crawford if that “fantasy matchup” is made this year.
Loeffler promoted Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin for his three fights with Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs).
In his The Fight podcast, Teddy Atlas spoke about the possibly soon-to-be upon-us mega-fight that is Canelo Alvarez Vs. Terence Crawford, a fight reports say is as good as a done deal for September (though nothing is actually official yet).
Eddie Hearn says Canelo Alvarez is not excited about the fight with Terence Crawford, but it’s the “only big fight for him at the moment.”
Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford has agreed to a deal to meet in September in a mega-fight in Las Vegas.
Unified super middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) will be fighting against a still-to-be-determined opponent in May.
We all know that Saudi moneyman Turki Alalshikh has given us (and himself) some massive fights since the time he moved into the sport and became a major, major player.
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn believes a fight between the aging former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is the biggest fight “Commercially” in boxing.